Hair Therapy

Send us Fan Mail IBD & Hair loss ~ are they connected?  Anna Mitchell is a Trichologist with a clinic in Hastings. Her sister was born when she was 7 years old, and she had two different types of alopecia; this meant, as a child, numerous visits to the doctor, and to a trichologist, who was very nice and helpful at the time. This meant that Anna was introduced to the industry at a very young a...

Send us Fan Mail Your Hair Story ~ Building confidence & providing solutions  Jacqueline Leponis is the founder of Hair Story, a hair loss clinic in the Cheshire countryside. She is 46 & has 3 girls. A consultant trichologist with a hairdressing background, she has an NVQ in customer service, and she opened her first salon at just 24.  Having seen so many clients over the years who suffere...

Send us Fan Mail Wig wearer for life ~ How masking hair loss could change your whole outlook on life Sam is 40 years old, and she lives in Corby. She owns two childrens' day nurseries in Northampton. Sam has AuDHD, PCOS, AGA & TE! She shares her story of navigating hair loss, along with her diagnoses and being neurodiverse. We chat about navigating dating with hair loss, and how she used...

Send us Fan Mail Epigenetics & Hair loss ~ Building a timeline of investigation   Bissan Debsi believes in working to support long term hair health. She worked at Stanford Uni as a research assistant looking into Alzheimer's. PRP was just coming into practice at this time, and she began to take an interest in hair growth. She then worked with a hair transplant surgeon in Dubai, and later...

Send us Fan Mail The evolution of the (not so) hairless human body  Leah Redmond is a certified trichologist, who completed her studies with the Institute of Trichology whilst also studying Molecular bioengineering at Imperial College, London! She has completed her bachelor's & masters projects covering Male Pattern hair loss, when her interest in trichology began, and she is now completi...

Send us Fan Mail Season 10 has come to an end! Thanks to all the great guests and listeners, I appreciate your support! We will be back soon with more, so in the meantime make sure you have subscribed to the podcast so that you don't miss an episode. Please like & share, and leave a review or send me a DM or voicenote if you have any questions or feedback Support the show Connect with Hai...

Send us Fan Mail Keeping up to date in the world of hair loss  Who better to finish this season but the legendary Dr Jeff Donovan! Dr Donovan is from British Colombia in Canada. During his training, he became fascinated by the number of skin disorders there are, and wanted to specialise in this. With over 2,000 types of skin disease, he enjoys the diagnostic skills that go into investigating these...

Send us Fan Mail Medical Hairloss treatments ~ Are the side effects worth it?  Dr Ademir Leite Jr has been involved in lots of research into finasteride. He runs a clinic & Trichology school in Brazil. Originally, when Dr Ademir began studying medicine, he had planned to study immunology, but once he discovered the field of trichology, he changed his mind. He has suffered hair loss himself, as...

Send us Fan Mail Mesh integration systems ~ Is this the service your salon is missing?  Simone Mudrak has been offering hair extensions for the past 14 years, and has offered hair loss solutions for the last 8 years.  She has founded the Hair Finesse Academy in Bristol, Simone now offers mesh integration, and is on a mission to train more hairstylists in this method, to make hair loss systems more...

Send us Fan Mail GLP1 medications ~ Does losing weight mean losing your hair?  Rabiya is 49 years old, she is a wife and mother living in Kent, who has lived in many different countries throughout her life. After not feeling well, she had some tests and her blood pressure and cholesterol were raised, and she was told she was also diabetic. She says she had slowly put on weight over the years, and...

Send us Fan Mail The future of your hair ~ Ensuring transplants succeed in the long term  Dr Dilan Fernando is a medical Doctor & surgeon, who originally planned to practice neurosurgery, however he then gained an interest in hair transplantation, and he has been performing hair transplants now for ten years! He is Co founder of The Treatment Rooms London, where they offer specialised services...

Send us Fan Mail Why Trichology needs to be integrated into hair systems training  Jess has been in the hair industry for many years, along with her business partner, Hayley, who has educated all around the world with Raccoon, and they both have experience with hair extensions. Whilst trying to meet their clients' needs, they soon recognised that those with hair loss wanted to have hair exten...

Send us Fan Mail Can lasers help to combat hair loss?  Tamim Hamid comes from a long line of medicine, but chose to enter the engineering world. However, he still had the instinct to want to help people. Tamim was a NASA engineer, who invented a laser to measure thermoprotection of the shuttles outer shell upon re-entry to the Earth. Lasers were invented in the 60's, and he learned about them...

Send us Fan Mail Improving hair quality ~ How can we get the most out of supplements?  Dr Rajesh (Rajendrasingh) Rajput is an international speaker, & IAT faculty member. He often completes surgery pro bono for those who have suffered burns, cleft palate, leprosy and skin traumas.  He has researched metabolism in the hair follicle, and monitored changes in hair growth, DHT levels and sensitivi...

Send us Fan Mail What is your hair trying to tell you?  Shannel Watson is a Trichologist, with a clinic in Marylebone. She is also a biomedical scientist, product creator, hair & beauty brand consultant who offers functional trichology & advanced diagnostics. Shannel is an education consultant, who developed her own products and uses this experience to help to educate brands. She also lect...

Send us Fan Mail Enhancing hair ~ How to avoid damage with hair extensions  Katy Grimshaw from Spectrum One began working in a salon at just 12 years old. She now has her own salon with 16 stylists, and has set up her own brand of hair extensions, available to those in the industry, along with her own education. Katy shares that around 70% of her salon's business is hair extensions, and she s...

Send us Fan Mail Ask me anything: Your questions answered   This week we're doing something a little different with a Q&A session! I am joined by Caroline Yates, and we answer all your questions and try to dispel any myths around products and hair loss. If you would like your question answered and to feature on a future episode, send me over a DM or voicenote with anything you would like...

Send us Fan Mail Embracing your identity and heritage ~ Building a positive relationship with your hair type  Jessica Parrish founded her brand, Shedid & Parrish, to make curly hair easy and a joy to look after. Jessica is adopted and mixed race, so she gives her unique perspective on identity & why it's so important to who we are. Adopted to white parents in the 1970s at 10 days old,...

Send us Fan Mail The importance of communication ~ from a former hostage negotiator  Nigel Taberner is an award winning expert speaker, who joins me this week to discuss the importance of communication, and how we can build deep relationships with our clients. Nigel joined the police at age 21, after re-sitting his exams to fulfil his dream to be able to help people and fight crime. He became a D....

Send us Fan Mail Buying a hair piece ~ Everything you need to know  Georgina Probert has female pattern alopecia, having had thinning hair since her teen years. She experienced Telogen Effluvium after the births of both her children, and her density has never returned. She began wearing toppers 9 years ago, and now offers consultations and fittings for hair toppers and wigs. She thinks it's i...

Send us Fan Mail Talking to children about hair loss and cancer  Lauren MacClain was diagnosed with breast cancer at 40, when her children were from 5-10 years old. Her and her husband wanted to find the best way to speak to their children about what would happen during her treatment, and found that the books that were available didn't quite explain different areas of treatment very well. Lau...

Send us Fan Mail Blood testing for hair health  Kate Knowler is a Nutritional therapist, phlebotomist & blood test interpreter in Fitzrovia, London. She helps to support clients with accessing & interpreting blood tests, and helps practitioners with all things blood related. After experiencing burnout herself, and finding that she was anaemic, she began to learn about nutrition. We discuss...

Send us Fan Mail Making your services more accessible for hearing impaired clients  Jo Haywood is a hairstylist in Kensington, London for Luke Ormsby salon. She trained with Vidal Sassoon and has enjoyed learning and growing as a hairstylist. She has a long commute to work every day, and felt like she could be using the travel time in a productive way, and decided she would like to learn sign lang...

Send us Fan Mail The benefits of Red Light & Infrared Therapy  Dr Carl Rothschild is a pioneer of red light therapy.  He began his career as a Chiropractor, loving being able to help people. Working on using natural methods to treat people before they had to resort to surgery, he began to use infrared & near-infrared combined. We discuss the benefits of infrared & near-infrared light,...

Send us Fan Mail Permanent Chemotherapy induced Hair loss ~ What you're not being told  Shirley Ledlie was diagnosed with invasive breast cancer in 2005. She had a lumpectomy and node biopsy, and was told it had spread but the node was encapsulated.  She had radiotherapy and chemotherapy with Taxoter. After her treatment, she noticed that her hair was not growing back. Her oncologist contacte...